Environmental degradation and climate change has created suffering on a much greater scale, disrupting essential services, such as water supply or sanitation and has put the health of large populations at risk. Engineers and technical specialists in water, sanitation, energy, environment, and in other related fields play a vital role to respond to these challenges and growing needs. The environment is one of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) core themes, providing leadership and highlighting the role that engineers can play in tackling many environmental issues and promoting the profession to develop future engineers to provide a more sustainable and eco-friendly engineering. The presentation will highlight some key projects where the Institution is providing technical leadership on environmental issues to improve public health.

19:00 Public Health & Tobacco Use

Hanifa Ditta

In the UK there were 484,700 hospital admissions in the year 2016-207 attributable to smoking. Smoking is the single biggest avoidable risk factor for cancer. This presentation gives an overview of the risks associated with smoking highlighting some of the major diseases. The presentation will also give the current help and support, for all ethnic groups, that is available within Medway for people who want to quit smoking.